USM impressed this postseason. Your coach seems like a great dude. Fortunately our bats woke up in game 2 because that wasn’t looking too good there.
Very kind note @Volstylexx. It was a pleasure meeting you and sharing such an outstanding experience of watching the BaseVols prevail in Hattiesburg! You are a true VFL who sees the glass as half full! PS The heat, rainouts, delays, and staying in 3 different hotels in 4 nights was well worth it! Go Vols!I’m going to take this moment, while this thread will have its biggest audience, to give a personal shout out to Volnation’s @taylorvol I know many of you saw his generosity hooking fellow Vols up during the Clemson series, but I experienced it first hand this week. I had cancelled this trip after it looked like tickets weren’t going to be attainable. He reached out on here and said he may have a ticket available. I thought “too good to be true” lol. Sitting at dinner Wed night, I get a text message from AXS tickets saying “you have been transferred tickets from “xxxxx”. Wouldn’t let me pay him more than what he paid, even when tickets were going for $600+ per session on StubHub.
It’s rare that I’m struck by random acts of kindness, and upon reflection, I’m sad that’s the world we currently live in. We get too obsessed with all the “othering” and tribalism of sticking with our own - that we no longer just act with a sense of gratitude and generosity to complete strangers. It reminds me of why I thank God every day that I was born, and will die a TENNESSEE Vol. It’s the brotherhood and sisterhood of VFLs spread across this nation that make this fan base unique. Genuinely, I thank you, TaylorVol. It’s been awesome meeting you and your wife and getting to know a fellow posi-Vol. You epitome the definition of VFL. GBO!now let’s go get this win!
I’ve seen many random acts of kindness right here on Vol Nation. We have some kind and generous people and TaylorVol is right at the top of the list. Cheers TaylorVol.I’m going to take this moment, while this thread will have its biggest audience, to give a personal shout out to Volnation’s @taylorvol I know many of you saw his generosity hooking fellow Vols up during the Clemson series, but I experienced it first hand this week. I had cancelled this trip after it looked like tickets weren’t going to be attainable. He reached out on here and said he may have a ticket available. I thought “too good to be true” lol. Sitting at dinner Wed night, I get a text message from AXS tickets saying “you have been transferred tickets from “xxxxx”. Wouldn’t let me pay him more than what he paid, even when tickets were going for $600+ per session on StubHub.
It’s rare that I’m struck by random acts of kindness, and upon reflection, I’m sad that’s the world we currently live in. We get too obsessed with all the “othering” and tribalism of sticking with our own - that we no longer just act with a sense of gratitude and generosity to complete strangers. It reminds me of why I thank God every day that I was born, and will die a TENNESSEE Vol. It’s the brotherhood and sisterhood of VFLs spread across this nation that make this fan base unique. Genuinely, I thank you, TaylorVol. It’s been awesome meeting you and your wife and getting to know a fellow posi-Vol. You epitome the definition of VFL. GBO!
Collecting my thoughts from Hattiesburg now that we’re finally home:
1) 99% of the USM fans were friendly and hospitable. NCAA mismanaging weather delays and starts/stops put a damper on the experience.
2) Crescent City Grille, 44 Patio, and Midtowners were all really good restaurants. Crescent City was truly outstanding.
3) Pete Taylor Park was underwhelming. We need to start the renovations to LNS ASAP. Only Mizzou has a worst facility in the SEC than LNS. That’s inexcusable and $60M will hopefully put it in top tier (MSU, LSU, Ole Miss, and Arkansas are the standard bearers IMHO).
4) BaseVols weren’t going to be denied. This team embraced all of the diversity and had fire in their eyes
5) From 5-10 to 11-4 finish in SEC shows how this team has grown and matured. They look like a family—dysfunctional at times but they play like they love each other and their coaches.
6) the CWS/Omaha is a blessing and should never be taken for granted. Unlike Wake and LSU (and last year’s team), there’s no expectations and pressure as we are playing with “house money”. Let’s go have fun and leave it all on the field.
7j I can’t wait to make my first trip (after several failed attempts) to Omaha. GBO
Thank you @Volprofch05! Very kind of you. Lots of great BaseVol fans out there and I’ve had the pleasure to meet a few of them.
I can’t wait to go—-it’s been on my bucket list for awhile! It should be outstanding May make the trek to check out The Field of Dreams! 
Tennessee does not have a visiting locker room and the teams are taken to use our football locker room at the practice field? and I am confident those are pretty nice. It was surprising to see the boys under metal bleachers for a weather/lighting delay. And yes, you are correct the coliseum was offered. The word on the street was the air was not on and food/drink could not be taken in or available, so decided to go back to hotel. Confirmation the womens bathroom was icky, small and no air. The space where chairs and tents can be brought in aound right field seems fun. The metal bleachers are brutal to sit on, but are good for pounding on for noise
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